BREAKING NEWS: Spotsylvania School Board Vice Chair Nicole Cole Served with Warrant
School Board member Lisa Phelps is accusing Cole of assault and battery.
by Adele Uphaus
MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT
The Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office served a warrant this morning to Spotsylvania School Board Vice Chair Nicole Cole.
Cole is being accused by fellow School Board member Lisa Phelps of assault and battery on Phelps.
According to the warrant, the offense is alleged to have occurred “on or before” May 20, 2024, which was the date of a School Board work session that lasted into the early hours of the following morning.
The warrant was issued in the evening of Tuesday, May 21, and served to Cole earlier this morning.
Cole is summoned to appear in Spotsylvania General District Court on Wednesday, June 5, at 8:30 a.m.
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I don’t know what is behind Phelps’s action, but It’s a shame and a disgrace that she thinks of herself almost exclusively and not the schools, teachers and other employees of the school system. And especially the students, for whom she should be an advocate and role model. She is neither.
JFC.
I hope there were witnesses who can either refute or back this up.
I have other thoughts on this, but since we don’t know more I’ll leave it at that.